Tina Turner death – latest: Legendary singer’s cause of death revealed after she dies aged 83
The all-time great rock’n’roll vocalist, whose songs include ‘The Best’ and ‘Proud Mary’, died at her home in Switzerland after a lengthy illness from intestinal cancer
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Tina Turner died of natural causes on Wednesday (24 May), it’s been confirmed.
“Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock’n’Roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,” her publicist said in a statement.
“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model.”
The singer rose to prominence performing with her husband Ike Turner in the 1960s before overcoming his violent, abusive behaviour to go on to become a chart-topping solo artist.
Turner earned a legion of fans for her riveting live performances, and was best known for songs such as “Private Dancer”, “The Best”, “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and “Proud Mary”.
Born Anna Mae Bullock on 26 November, 1939, in Nutbush, Tennessee, Turner would go on to sell more than 180 million albums and won 12 Grammy Awards.
Turner was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and received a kidney transplant in 2017.
Stars of the entertainment world including Mick Jagger, Bryan Adams, Rosario Dawson, Paloma Faith and Naomi Campbell paid tribute to the iconic singer.
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The singer has died at the age of 83 after a long illness
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Patti LaBelle has shared a touching tribute to Tina Turner.
“Tina, the world will forever be grateful for your voice, your fearlessness, and your grace!” she wrote on Twitter. “You truly are the Queen of Rock & Roll and your spirit will reign forever! Rest in eternal peace and love!”
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Bach was the longtime partner of Turner. The pair met in 1986, nearly a decade after she divorced her abusive husband Ike Turner.
They ended up dating for 27 years before eventually getting married in 2013. Shortly after, Turner renounced her American citizenship in favour of Swiss nationality, where the couple moved.
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When I heard the news a few days ago that Tina Turner had died I felt profoundly sad – but it went beyond that. Physically, I felt weak, as if I had suddenly been winded. My hands would not stop shaking,” Mel B of the Spice Girls wrote in an exclusive for The Independent.
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My violent marriage left me feeling broken and ashamed, writes Mel B. But Tina Turner helped me, by rising like a phoenix from the ashes to become stronger and more powerful. She was my hero
Inside Tina Turner’s house
Tina Turner moved to Switzerland in 1995 and lived there for the rest of her life with her husband Erwin Bach.
When asked why she traded the US for the European country in 1997, she answered simply: “I have left America because my success was in another country and my boyfriend was in another country.”
In a 2019 profile, New York Times journalist Amanda Hess went inside Turner and Bach’s luxurious home and described it as a “cartoon palace”.
Ellie Muir reports:
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